Thule Big Mouth Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, we'll be test fitting the Thule Big Mouth Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number TH599XTR. With the Thule Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin by placing our bike rack up on to the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll position the front L brackets around the front load bar, and insert the T bolts into the slots of the L bracket. We'll then tighten on the black knobs, which is going to tighten on the bolts and secure the front part of our bike rack to the front load bar. Now, moving to the rear, we'll move one of the black knobs, and position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then reinstall our black knob and tighten it down, which is going to secure the back part of the bike rack to the rear bar. With everything all tightened down and secure, we're ready to load up our bike. With the front and rear straps undone, we'll go ahead and pull down on the black lever, which is going to open up our frame hook. more

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2/28/2014 3:47:38 PM

SportRack Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, we'll be test fitting the SportRack roof mounted bike rack, part number SR4622. We'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll take the rubber coated U bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes at the head of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing nuts and thread down onto the U bolts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front bar. Now at the rear, we'll take the black spacer, which will go between the bottom of the bike rack and the top of the rear bar. We'll take our black bolts to go down through the pre-drilled holes, on both the bike rack and the spacer. We'll then take the rubber coated plate to go around the under side of the bar, and then we'll take our wing nuts to thread down onto it secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. With everything all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up a bike. more

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2/28/2014 3:47:06 PM

Swagman Upright Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Upright Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64720. With Thule Rapid Traverse Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike up onto the vehicle's load bars. We'll take the silver U-bolts around the front end of the front bar up through the pre-drilled holes in the head of the carrier. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread them onto the U-bolts to secure the front part of the bike rack to the front load bar. Now moving to the rear, we'll take the silver U-bolt and this time, drop it down to the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. We'll then take the black plate to go around the underside of the rear load bar and then we'll install our wing nuts to secure the rear part of the bike rack to the rear bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up a bike. We'll undo the straps at the front and read of the bike rack and then we'll loosen up the frame clamp. more

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2/27/2014 3:09:22 PM

Swagman Fork Down Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Fork Down Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number S64710. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Now, we'll go ahead and pull out our hardware. We'll take the silver U bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the head of the bike rack. We'll then take our black wing nuts to thread it onto the silver U bolt. We'll then repeat the same process for the other side. With all the black nuts tightened down, we'll go ahead and move to the rear, where, this time, we'll slide the silver U bolt down through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack. more

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2/27/2014 3:08:48 PM

SportRack Frame Mount Roof Mounted Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, we'll be test fitting the Sportrack roof-mounted bike rack, part number SR4611. With a Thule Rapid Reverse roof rack system on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's crossbars. Starting at the front, we'll take the rubber-coated u-bolts to go around the underside of the front bar, up through the pre-drilled holes of the bike rack, then go ahead and install our black wing nuts. We'll tighten them down loosely at this time to allow us to make any adjustments if necessary. Now we'll move to the rear. This time we'll put the black spacer in between the bottom of the bike rack and the top of the bar. We'll then take the black bolts to go down through the holes of the bike rack, down through the spacer, and we'll take the rubber-coated black plate to go on the underside of the rear bar. We'll then install our wing nuts and tighten them down all the way at this time. more

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2/26/2014 10:53:16 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Stretch Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, well be test fitting the RockyMounts Tierod Stretch Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RKY1011. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on the vehicles crossbars. Starting at the front, well remove the black plastic cover. Well then loosen up the silver bolt to bring the straps into the connection points. Then well go ahead and use the included Allen wrench to tighten down the silver bolt to bring the straps around tightly against the front bar. Then well go ahead and replace the black plastic cover and move to the rear of the bike rack. Now well go ahead and remove one of the Allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. Well then reinstall the Allen bolt and tighten it down. Now that everythings all tightened down and secured, were ready to load up our bike. more

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2/26/2014 10:53:08 AM

RockyMounts TieRod Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza we'll be test fitting the Rockymounts Tierod Roof-Mounted Bike Rack, Part Number RKY1014. With the Thule Rapid Traverse Roof Rack System on our vehicle, we'll begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up onto the vehicle's load bars. Starting at the front, we'll remove the black plastic cover to bring the rubber coated steel straps around the underside of the front bar. We'll remove one of the Allen bolts to position the rear bracket around the underside of the rear bar. We'll then use the included Allen key after reinserting the Allen bolt to tighten it down. Now moving back up to the front, we'll hook the straps into the connection points and use the included Allen bolt to tighten down the silver bolt within the head of the bike rack to secure the straps around the bar. Once everything is all tightened down and secured, we're ready to load up a bike. more

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2/26/2014 10:53:02 AM

Kuat TRIO Roof Bike Rack Review - 2014 Kia Cadenza- Video

Today on our 2014 Kia Cadenza, well be test fitting the Kuat Trio Roof Mounted Bike Rack, part number RU01. With the Thule rapid traverse roof rack system on our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the bike rack up on to the vehicles load bars. Now starting at the front, well take the rubber coated U-bolts, take it around the underside of the front bar up to the predrilled holes at the head of the carrier. Well then go ahead and take the black nuts to go down through the predrilled holes at the top of the bike rack on to our black U-bolt. Once we get all those in position, well move to the rear, loosen up one of the black wing nuts, and position the rubber coated plate around the underside of the rear bar. Well then reinstall our wing nut and tighten both of them down. Now moving back up to the front, well then use the included tool to tighten everything down. more

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2/26/2014 10:52:38 AM

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